After reading the WSJ article about the Bulgarian method yesterday, I remembered that I had read something about it in the “Science and Practice of Strength Training” by Vladimir Zatsiorsky. Here is the excerpt: Bulgarian athletes have several workouts a day with a total duration of up to 6 h (see table 5.1). To the best of our knowledge, […]
Is the Bulgarian Method infiltrating America?
‘You lift more, train more, you get higher results.’ – Ivan Abadjiev The Bulgarian Method of Olympic Weightlifting training is once again in mainstream media. Today the Wall Street Journal runs an article called about it. “Heavy Lifting, No Rest, Candy: the Bulgarian Method” Ivan Abadjiev is currently in US trying to get the struggling US Weightlifting team ready […]
Manny Pacquiao Abs Routine
Complete 10 min ab workout with the Pacman.
Automatic Diet Generator – Swole.Me
Don’t know how useful this is. But it’s fun to play around with and may get some ideas to mix up your diet. Enter how many calories you want to consume and how often you want to eat per day and Swole.Me will generate a meal plan for you. You can even get into more […]
Straddle Press To Handstand Form Check
Update: Check out this follow up post with the tips and hints I got on how to improve my the form. This is me doing a straddle press to handstand. Actually, one of the first times I ever did one. For most people this is not a hard skill to learn. Not for me… I […]
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome and What to do about it
In today’s mobility WOD Kelly Starrett discusses Thoracic outlet syndrome and what you can do about it. This also comes especially handy for people who spend a lot of time hunched over their computers. Mobility WOD – 357 Thoracic outlet syndrome: